Disease variants of FGFR3 reveal molecular basis for the recognition and additional roles for Cdc37 in Hsp90 Chaperone system

Tom D. Bunney (Lead / Corresponding author), Alison J. Inglis, Domenico Sanfelice, Brendan Farrell, Christopher J. Kerr, Gary S. Thompson, Glenn R. Masson, Nethaji Thiyagarajan, Dmitri I. Svergun, Roger L. Williams, Alexander L. Breeze (Lead / Corresponding author), Matilda Katan (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Receptor tyrosine kinase FGFR3 is involved in many signaling networks and is frequently mutated in developmental disorders and cancer. The Hsp90/Cdc37 chaperone system is essential for function of normal and neoplastic cells. Here we uncover the mechanistic inter-relationships between these proteins by combining approaches including NMR, HDX-MS, and SAXS. We show that several disease-linked mutations convert FGFR3 to a stronger client, where the determinant underpinning client strength involves an allosteric network through the N-lobe and at the lobe interface. We determine the architecture of the client kinase/Cdc37 complex and demonstrate, together with site-specific information, that binding of Cdc37 to unrelated kinases induces a common, extensive conformational remodeling of the kinase N-lobe, beyond localized changes and interactions within the binary complex. As further shown for FGFR3, this processing by Cdc37 deactivates the kinase and presents it, in a specific orientation established in the complex, for direct recognition by Hsp90. 

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)446-458.e8
Number of pages21
JournalStructure
Volume26
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • cancer
  • Cdc37 cochaperone
  • client kinases
  • disease-linked mutations
  • fibroblast growth factor receptors
  • Hsp90 chaperone
  • protein folding
  • structural and mechanistic insights

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Structural Biology
  • Molecular Biology

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